The Kenmore High School football team and their coach showed up at the University of Akron around 6 p.m. Tuesday night for what they thought was a team meeting — but they were in for a much bigger surprise!
NBA player LeBron James and his foundation decided to reward teams for their sportsmanship. At Kenmore High School in Akron, Ohio, James' hometown, they arranged an extra special surprise. As the football team sat in the stands, a helicopter landed in the middle of the track around 6:30 p.m.
That's when the foundation's representatives emerged and announced that they're giving every football player on the team a helmet, jersey, pants, belt and socks. Then, the new uniforms were rolled out from the helicopter and shown to the team.
The usually "tough guy" Cardinals Football Coach Kemp Boyd was brought to tears by the gift.
"Oh man! I'm just really thankful," Boyd said.
Boyd began the process when he wrote a letter to the foundation. He didn't know if it'd ever been seen. After receiving the great news, Boyd proudly stated, "The whole mission of our football team is I want to use these young men to be positive catalysts for positive change in our community."
"(LeBron's) hope is that, if we have some teams that are not displaying the best sportsmanship, that this opens their eyes that 'Hey, if we do the right things, good things will come to us,'" said LeBron James Family Foundation Executive Director Michele Campbell.
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